自序
人類文明可以是宇宙最好的存在
未來一百年,可能是人類文明最壞的時候,也可能是最好的時候。未來的一百年,可能因極端科學主義、極端國族主義、極端宗教主義、極端資本主義或極端消費主義,再加上濫用科技導致文明浩劫,事實上,證諸2000年後,戰爭、紐約911及2015年11月巴黎等恐怖攻擊、種族及宗教迫害,似已構成教宗方濟各於2016世界和平日文告中所述的:「零星的第三次世界大戰」。
未來一百年,也可能是人類文明最好的時候,因各宗教、政府、企業及各種公益團體的深刻溝通及反思,再加上全球化網路資訊社會形成、教育普及、貧窮人口大幅降低,未來大多數人類將追求「清心、慈悲、和平理性」的真福,並且有越來越多人擁有「人性尊嚴、倫理及普世責任」的全球心靈,他們熱切地向「全球公民」、「世界共和國」靠攏,未來一百年,人類或許可以建立「追求真福、全球心靈、全球公民」的新人類文明。
過去三千年來,蘇格拉底宣稱自己:「不是雅典人,亦非希臘人,而是世界公民。」耶穌、孔子及老子,到近百年的甘地、金恩博士、年輕的馬拉拉,一再呼籲世人要仁慈博愛,本書摘錄了他們的演講,讓我們共同分享他們的全球心靈,也讓我們自省在這個世代,我們的使命與可能的作為。讓我們追尋他們的步伐,共同證明人類文明可以是宇宙最好的存在。
本書感謝許多前輩、好朋友的推薦,以下述短詩「溫暖的全球心靈」獻給他們及讀者,謹表謝意。
陳春山 教授
全球品牌管理協會理事長
2016年5月
溫暖的全球心靈
你在找尋什麼?
是一種跨過千年的永恆,
是一種超越國界的心連心體驗,
是一種最高級,無從比較,
是一種信仰,令人心往。
你在找尋什麼?
是一種至情,讓你每一分鐘都想接觸。
是一種聯結,讓你信賴。
是一種美,讓你疼惜,讓你渴望。
是一種心情,讓你溫暖的全球心靈。
Preface
Human Civilization can be the Best Being of the Universe
The next hundred years will be probably the worst or best time of human civilization. In the next hundred years, the application of extreme concepts may lead to catastrophe of civilization: scientism, capitalism, religious belief, consumerism or nationalism, in tandem with technology abuse. In fact, incidents that happened after 2000—the 911 attacks in New York, November 2015 Paris attacks (and of course other terrorist attacks) and ethnic and religious persecutions—may have appeared to support what Pope Francis referred to as “A Piecemeal World War III” on the World Day of Peace in 2016.
However, the next one hundred years could be the best time of human civilization as well, due to the profound communication and reflection of all religions, governments, enterprises, and various public interest groups. Together with the formation of global information society, spread of education and remarkable decline in poverty rate, most humans will pursue the happiness based on “a clear mind, benevolence, peace and reason”, and more and more people will obtain the global mind of “human dignity, ethics and universal responsibility.” They are eager to be the “global citizens” and members of the “World Republic.” In the next one hundred years, humans may be able to establish the new human civilization based upon the pursuit of “true happiness, global mind and being global citizens.”
Nearly three thousand years ago, Socrates regarded himself a citizen of the world, saying “I am not the Athenians, nor the Greeks, but citizens of the world.” Figures throughout human history all called on people to have merciful love: from Jesus, Confucius, Laozi, Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King to Malala. This book excerpts some of their well-known speeches to share their global mind for all global citizens and to let us contemplate on our mission and potential attainment in this very era. Let us follow their path to prove that human civilization can be the best existence of the universe.
Lastly, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to a number of seniors and friends who recommend the book, and the above short poem “the Global Warm Heart” is dedicated to them and all the readers.
Louis Chen, Ph.D., Prof. of Law
Chairman of Global Brands Management Association, May 2016
The Warm Global Mind
What is it you are looking for?
It is a state of eternity transcending Millennium.
It is a heart-to-heart experience beyond borders.
It is something advanced and beyond comparison.
It is a firm belief to heart.
What is it you are looking for?
It is a true feeling that you want to contact anytime.
It is a connection, so you can trust.
It is a kind of beauty that makes you pamper and crave.
It is a mind, a heart-warming global mind.
It is an idea to warm our world.